Gearing.



T.. H. M. VAN SWETEN.

GEARNG.

APPLICATION Hmm 313.10, 1909.

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l Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1min?.

l.duplication ld February4 10, 190?. erlll lo. 77,18.

.To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, Tnnononus HENDRI- oos lllAnifi VAN SWLETEN, e subject of the Queen oi' the Netherlands, and residing et Hilversum, near Amsterdam, Netherlands,

hnve invented certain new and useiul` Im-` provei'nente in Gearing, .of which the following is a description.

.The present invention relates to the change speed and reversing gearing as also to the hrnirc mechaiiieni oi' motor eers and its object is to construct these parte in such mitnner that they will he very compact and that all parte .are conteinul in a housing which 1 ie so small that a. reserve gearing may be taken with the car and in. the event of an thing' in. connection with these erts brea ing down, .the Whole device 1n cy e taken out ot the eer and the reserve one fixed up in a very short time, by simply manipulating a This object is attained hymakery, i. e. to run in stationery hearings and by mounting the change speed gearing as also the reversing gearing and the brake and un# clutching device in .a housing to which is imparted hiv ineens of ang,T known lever system a motion. toward. and from the driving inion as cleo laterally its regards the same, t e op- A)cette end oi the driven shaft in the housing eing eoimeeted up to the motor Wheel shaft Yin the usuel manner by means of a universal joint.

tion easily' intelligible reference is had to the ncconipanving drawing in which similar nu# mera-le ci reference denote "similar parte thronglnmt the eeveral parte. i

Figure 1 ahorizontat section through the l devine., Fig. 2 in plan oi' the. earne,- Fig. 3 a

A ennilnr section to Fig. 1 showing the parts engnged. ier e different speed, ig. 4 is a-section on. hue C---D of Fi 2 and F 1g. 5 lema seocoupling claw 7. A pinion ,8 is mounted in the housing 114Whieh is in engagement with the ring oi teeth f1 end when engaged by the pinion 3 will reverse the direction of rotation of the driven shalt, While when' the said order to render the present specificay pinion 3 is in engagement with either of rings ofteeth, 5 or 6, the motor will he driven at a, uarter, half or one third full. s )eed or at t e same s eed ne that ofthe of the body 9 `ie in engagement with the seid pinion (Fig. 3). The end of the hollowhody coupling -rings `9X which alternate With-compr lingl rings 24Y whichA are keyed to the om?? ling sleeve 2 4. This coupling sleeve .inlined-'- the rear part of the hollow body 9.

Arod 12 is screwed to the center the body 9 extending rearwardly and carrying a carries a s ri disk 15 and) ariilsk 16 at the opposite end of the rod which latterdisk isadapted to` mn on vthecoupling sleeve -24 by means of a set of bell` bearings. The its c linder 14 is .tmly xe to one member of t e universal jointV connecting up the driven shaft 2. mally hold the couplngrings 9X and 24X in enga ement i. e. it hee e tie driven shaft coup edgto the driving `s aft. r Thecylinder 14 extends through the end ci' 'the cylindrical? extension 26 jof the` housing .l1 amitie. litovided with a collar 27, with which the blingcated end of a lever 28 engages. is connected up by any suiteble mechanism. of the known type' to a lever in proximity' to the chauieursseat and when this is operated to therlght of `1, thus commenting the spring 134 and. uncoupling the' liiction4 9", 24x of the coupling and disengeging the vthe motor may run with free wheels.

The lhousing 11 contains the whole mech-L anism and is provided with ftsnitable. slot 17. to allowthe passage of :the dri-ving shaft l and the movement of the housing onthe same. This housing is provided at .opposite .sides with ,dovetail projections 118', which `eng on the opposite sidestof whieli'eaidihlor dovetail projections 21 are provided. at rig t angles to the. said .dovetail pro .tionelnnd the car frame 22 (Fig. 2). illhusit ,he seen that movements may be imparted to the housing 11, b suitable lever mechanism,

,L or the like, contro led from the ehauft'euraseat 9 carries on its exterior a series of fzctional The spring 13 'serves -to more' This levercorresponding grooves of sliding blocks t9,`

riving shaft 1, when t ie coupling elettr- '17 ed to a `cylindrihal extension 14 and'inclss disk 15 secured to its .end bymeans of linut. The said rod extends into the cylinder 1.4 and. 13 which lies hetween theA sleeve 24 with the "cou 'ng members 14, 24 will hemoved shaft 2 from the driving mechanism, no @that adapted toengagecorrespon ing grooves of '5 and iimight also be moved horizohtally and in proximity to the saine, in directions both parallel to and transversely with the axis of the driving sha-ft. Lever mechanism 20, 20 to edect thesemovements of the housing is indicated in Fig. 4, but it is immaterial as far as the present invertion is concerned, any suitable mechanism being a iplieable. As will be readily understood, by these movements of the housing i1, either one of the gears 4, 5 and 6 may be brought into engagement with the drivinn` inion 3, or the latter may be engaged by t ie con )ling clutch 7 (F ig. 3).A In orter to reverse the direction of motion ofthe car the housing is adjusted so that the pinion 3 comes' into engagement with the gear 8. i l

The brakeniechanism consists of a brake, band 23 advahtageously arranged on the outside oi' the coupling sleeve 24 which brake may be operated by means oi' the known lcver mechanism 29 on the housing 1l, 'from the hand lever in roximity to the ,:liauleuus seat. 4Asis usua in brakes of this kind ono end oi the band 23 is secured to a part o'l' the housing while the otherend secured to rocking art 29 so that when said part 2) is rocked t ebandis caused to grip the slet-.veZ/i.

In order to secure the housing 11. in its-various positions, against unintentional displacement, suitable arresting devices may he employed. For instance as illustrated inv Figs. 4 and 5, spring pressed balls 3f) may be employed which are located in the dovetail grooves while recesses 31 are i'ornied in the contacting surface of the corresponding dovetail projection, so that the said balls will' spring into the corresponding recess, when the housing has been properly adjusted. Thus one recess is provided for each position of the housing in the horizontal and in the verticalfadjustment. The universal' oint 32 must be arranged in some suitabl fr `inner to allow of the axial movement ot tue housing l1, for instance as shown the forks may be prolonged, but this feature is not apart of the present invention. The housing 1l might be guided inlother suitable ways and the hollow body 9 might be provided with more steps for further variation oi' speed. it will be evident that instead oll moving the housing ll vertically to ell'ect the engagement with thepinion 3 ol' the rings ol' teeth 4,

in a transverse direction. From the above description. it will be clear that in case of dcl'ectthe housingwitlh the whole mechanism can be easily removed andreplaced by a reserve one.

l claim: l. in a driving gearing, the eoi'nbination of e. h fng, change speed gears ccitrally liza".

' therein a rovcrfnufr .weer mounted versely ol' the driving sl'iallt, a rotatabley body Within the housing having internal gears fixed therein, a pinion on thc driving shalt adapted to engage with said gears, and coupling means ,for cornxecting said body with the driven shaft.

3.111 combination with a drivingr shaft and a driven shaft, a housing, a rotatable body therein having interior rings ol' fectli,oi dillerent diameters, a pinion on thc driving shaftadapted to engage with raid teeth,

coingiling means for connecting said body with the driven shalt, said pinion on the driving shaft having holesthcrein and the saidbody havingl lugs thereon adapted `lo be .'ingaged by said holes, and nicans 'l'or moving the housing in relation to theI driving. shaft.

4. In combination with a driving shaft and a driven shaft, a housing, a rotatable body therein having interior rings ol' teeth of different diameters, a pinion onthe driving shaftadapted to engage with said teeth, coupling means l'or connecting the body with the driven shalt, a reversing pinion in 'the housing on one side thereof and engaging with one of the rings ol teeth, and means for moving the housing in relation to the drivingshal't to bring the pinion thereon in engagement with the desired ring ol' teeth or with the/,reversing pinion. l

5. ln combination with a driving shaft and adriven shalt, a l-xousing, a rotatable body therein having interior rings of teeth of different diameters, coupling means `for con` necting the body with thc driven shaft, a pinion on the drivingshatt adapted to engage with the rings ol' teeth, guide blocks at each side ofthe housing, projections onthe heus-- ing engaging with saidv blocksv to permit movement ol' the housing in one direction on said blocks and guide means for said blocks to permit movement thereof in a direction at right angles to the movement of the said" housing on' the. said blocks. v

, ln. testimony whereof i aflix my signature in the presence ofl two witnesses.

'l'l l. H'. M. VAN SNIEIEN.

Witnesses:y li. A. MANion, W.- itemize;4 

